Hi Vimal and everyone,

It sounds like you're having a magical and challenging time in your new living situation. It seems the opening of the crown is a general theme for many - certainly is for me, and I'm hearing similar from other Openhanders too.

To share my recent experience: I was giving some workshops at a retreat recently. The third one was a kind of group check-in where people were invited to come and share and process in a group. One person showed up and then left seeking another space with more people. I went and sat outside of the workshop space wondering what the reflection was for me. I decided to simply keep the crown open and feel into what was the right flow of expression now, aligned with the bigger picture. Soon a lady approached me and asked about the workshop, so I offered her an individual session, which seemed totally right.

What followed was an afternoon of individual sessions all happening spontaneously and in the flow. It was really magical.

I wrote more about it on my website: https://www.grounded-mysticism.com/post/in-the-flow-connecting-with-real-magic

For me the crown invites real magic. It has been interesting for me coming back into the relative busy-ness of everyday life and seeing how the crown very easily gets forgotten withing that. We were just talking about the polarity of the organised to-do's vs. the free-wheeling way of being in our buddy group call this morning. My sense is to find a way to be in the more fixed flow when needed but always be coming from the higher sense of spontaneous flow within it.

Here's a mandala I drew in the sand (a Sandala?) during the retreat, while working with the energies in the Aegean.

Warm wishes,

Richard